​Co.As.It. and the Department of Italian Studies, University of Sydney are holding a book launch on Friday 12 April. The book is "Italians in Australia: History, Memory, Identity" by Dr Francesco Ricatti, Monash University, and documents Italian migration to Australian over the past 150 years. 

The launch is at the Italian Forum in Leichhardt at 6.45pm. Everyone is welcome.

Birrong Girls High School is seeking a Japanese/Italian teacher to fill a long service leave position for 3 weeks. The position begins in the last week of Term 1 and continues for the first 2 weeks of Term 2. The teaching load consists of Year 7 Italian, Year 8 Italian and Japanese, as well as a combined Year 11 Japanese Beginners and Continuers class. The successful applicant will have departmental approval.

The closing date for applications is 15 March 2019. Please contact Joanne Zoras for further information or to submit your application.

This year, schools and universities across Australia will be given unlimited free digital access to Il Globo and La Fiamma for staff and students. 

A re-vamped version of In classe, a targeted monthly lift-out, will provide content and information to empower teachers and school leaders with new ways to engage students in Italian. The section entitled Insegnare is dedicated to teachers and professors.

Each edition will also feature a space dedicated to students – the first edition will include news from the previous scholastic year, contributions from students of the Italian Bilingual School in Sydney, and an interview with two students who were among the VCE top scorers for Italian in 2018.

To access the materials, register here today. 

Burwood Girls High School is seeking a 0.4 FTE temporary teacher of Italian for 2019 to work on Thursdays and Fridays.
Applicants should provide a CV with relevant paperwork and requirements:
- WWCC
- CPR
- anaphylaxis training
- departmental approval number.

Previous applicants are invited to apply with revision of referees. Referees should include the current principal and another supporting referee who has been briefed about the application. 

Please direct your enquiries and applications to Ed Kent, Head Teacher, Languages.

The National Conference of Australian Teachers of Italian, which was scheduled to take place on 7 October 2018,  has been cancelled. Please contact Paola Vertechi at the Istituto Italiana di Cultura if you have any questions.

Teachers of Italian, please keep an eye out for news about the upcoming Week of the Italian Language in the World 2018, which takes place in late October. Details will be published on Languages NSW as they become available. 

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is seeking a full-time Italian and French teacher for a 12 month contract, commencing in 2018. The successful applicant must be able to teach Stage 4 Italian as well as Stages 4-6 French (including Stage 6 French Beginners). For more details and to apply for this position, please contact Vicki Strudwick.

The Week of the Italian Language in the World promotes Italian as a language of classical and contemporary culture. As a celebration of this initiative, the diplomatic and cultural network of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy selects a theme and organises a series of events in the third week of October.
To commemorate the event's 17th anniversary, the chosen theme is "L'italiano al cinema, l'italiano nel cinema" (Italian at the cinema, Italian in the cinema).
In honour of this theme, the Marco Polo Italian Language School will be hosting a free screening of the Italian comedy-drama film Pinocchio (2002), directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. The film will be screened in Italian with English subtitles.

Details of the event are as follows:
Date: 18 October 2017
Location: Carnes Hill Community and Recreation Precinct, 600 Kurrajong Road, Carnes Hill 2171
Time: 10:30 AM
Cost: Free

If schools wish to arrange an excursion, please contact the Marco Polo Language School office.
Tel: (02) 8786 0888
Email: learning@cnansw.org.au

Don't forget to register your attendance for the National Italian Teachers' Conference on 21 October at the Embassy of Italy in Canberra. The flyer containing information on the conference program is attached below.

To register:
Please send an email to amba.canberra@esteri.it by 13 October 2017
In your email, include the following details: Name, school name (if you are presently teaching in a school) and contact details, including your email and phone number.

Registration for the event is free.

For further enquiries, please contact: enri.parolin@coasit.org.au, (02) 9564 0744/0481 765 271